
Currency (The Currency Conversion Tool) 
OpenStep Version 2.0 by Eric Tremblay (ericet@cam.org)


Submitted to:
ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/submissions

Should end up in:
ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/windows/apps/financial

Intro:
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This is an OLD app that I "converted". It's NOT EASY the conversion from NEXTSTEP to OpenStep. At least not as easy as we were lead to believe. Even a VERY simple application such as this one does not automatically convert to OpenStep. I can only imagine the work that it takes to convert something like WriteUp or other fancy applications... Onces converted it was VERY EASY to port it to Windows NT. Simply a recompile did the trick. Bravo NeXT!

Currency is a valuble tool to the people who travel or are going to travel. It permits the user to convert his dollars into any foreign currency.

How to I get the lastest rates?
Well you can first start out with your local newspaper or on the World Wide Web. 

Here's my favorite places:
http://www.ibm.net/currency.html
http://www.olsen.ch/cgi-bin/exmenu
http://www.bloomberg.com/cgi-bin/tdisp.sh?markets/fxc.html

Other comments:
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This application is FREE to anyone using OpenStep. If you enjoy it, please write me and email!


INSTALLATION:
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WINNT:

1. Unpack the software distribution

	a. open a "Bourne Shell" window
	b. change directory to location of distribution, for example, C:\temp
		cd C:\temp
	c. gunzip the distribution:
		gunzip TheApp.w.NT.bs.tar.gz
	d. untar the resulting uncompressed file:
		tar xvf TheApp.w.NT.bs.tar

The Package:
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Version 2.0 comes complete in a tar.gz package.
Which includes:

 - Currency.app binary for OpenStep Intel for Windows NT

 - README.TXT  This file

 - Nebula.rtfd Information about the Nebula CDROM

 - Includes Full Source Code

 - Intel Windows NT binaries.


Compiling:
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This version includes all the source code necessary to recompile 
the program from scratch on OpenStep 4.0 or above. 

CONTACT INFO:
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Comments and suggestions are welcomed:

E-mail:    ericet@cam.org
   WWW:    http://www.cam.org/~ericet 



